Web Cameras

BaggedLancer

Ok, so someone wants me to get a webcam so we can chat online. I have been looking at various ones tonight and I guess I don't really understand what makes one better than the other. It seems that the majority of them are 1.3 megapixel and USB.

I have narrowed it down between:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EVM5DK



and


http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-Live-Ultra-Webcam/dp/B00070FRJW/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b/002-8119987-2772004



Which do you guys think is the better of the two? Anyone use a web cam? Any thoughts about them?

ben62670

I use my Sony digital camcorder as a web cam. You can hook them up via usb, and have way better picture quality than any web cam out there.;)

BaggedLancer

ben62670 wrote:

I use my Sony digital camcorder as a web cam. You can hook them up via usb, and have way better picture quality than any web cam out there.;)

Bleh! too much money for me to buy a digital camcorder....I just want something basic that gives a half decent pic......that being said I hope she uses a digital camcorder....;)

ben62670

BaggedLancer wrote:

Bleh! too much money for me to buy a digital camcorder....I just want something basic that gives a half decent pic......that being said I hope she uses a digital camcorder....;)

Just figured I'd mention it in case you had one.:)

ledhed

most digicams can be used as a webcam if you have one.

izafar

check this article out for a comparison of some popular webcams:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/14/webcam_roundup/

BaggedLancer

Thanks, I'll read it tonight. The microsoft one is looking like a winner to me. Very basic and cheap, I like it.

Polkersince85

I use a Canon L1 camcorder hooked to the video card. The lens is the trick.

jflail2

If you have a 360, the addon webcam works well enough (my parents have never complained anyway), and its relatively cheap and obviously compatible with the 360 as well.